FoxTail

みこーん。

Twitter bot generator for node.js
You can easily add plugin to your bot.

Installation

npm install foxtail

Easy Example

1. Setup FoxTail.

index.js

var FoxTail = require('foxtail');
 
var fox = new FoxTail({
    consumer_key: ...,
    consumer_secret: ...,
    access_token: ...,
    access_token_secret: ...
});
 
// show timeline
fox.add(function (res) {
    console.log("@" + res.screen_name + "(" + res.user_name + ") " + res.text + "\n");
});
 
// reply to words
fox.add(function (res) {
    if (res.text === 'hello') res.reply('world');
});
 
fox.run();

2. Run

$ node index.js

Example

If you want to separate plugins, you can place the plugin file into the plugin folder.

plugin/hello.js

module.exports = function (fox) {
  fox.add(function (res) {
    if (res.text === 'hello') res.reply('world');
  });
};

index.js

var FoxTail = require('foxtail');
var Path = require('path');
 
var fox = new FoxTail({
    consumer_key: ...,
    consumer_secret: ...,
    access_token: ...,
    access_token_secret: ...
});
 
fox.load(Path.resolve(__dirname, 'plugin'));
fox.run();

Very Easy!

Using foxtail npm plugins

If you want to create bot more easily, You can use the npm plugins.

This is an example.
This plugin is that reply 'hello' to 'world' in the timeline.
First, Install foxtail plugin.

$ npm install foxtail-hello-world

Add plugin name into json file.

fox.json

['foxtail-hello-world']

Add loadNpmScript to index.js.

index.js

var FoxTail = require('foxtail');
var Path = require('path');
 
var fox = new FoxTail({
    consumer_key: ...,
    consumer_secret: ...,
    access_token: ...,
    access_token_secret: ...
});
 
fox.loadNpmScript(Path.resolve(__dirname, 'fox.json'));
fox.run();

YEAR!!!!

Response Action

Tweet

fox.add(function (res) {
    if (res.text === 'foo') res.post('bar');
});

Reply

fox.add(function (res) {
    if (res.text === 'hello') res.reply('world');
});

Retweet

fox.add(function(res) {
    if (res.screen_name === 'akameco') res.retweet();
});

Favorite

fox.add(function(res) {
    if (/happy/.test(res.text)) res.favorite();
});

Schedule Tweet

install node-cron

$ npm install cron --save

var cron = require('cron');
 
var job = new cron.cronJob('0 0 0 * * *', function () {
  fox.post('hello');
}, null, false);
 
module.exports = function (fox) {
  fox.add(function () {
    job.start();
  });
};

Development

# watch
npm run watch
# build
npm run build
# test
npm test

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

License

MIT